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Armada Front build order · Supreme Isthmus

Standard Front economy-first opening with Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant thrown down almost immediately, transitioning into a mixed Blitz/Rocketeer/Pawn/Janus army feeding the middle over the game.

#eco · 1008 distinct matches · 135 players · 75% of Armada Front games · team won 63% of 1155 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Vehicle Plant by 0:47

  1. Open 3 mex then Bot Lab and Vehicle Plant almost together.
  2. Layer wind while both labs start producing.
  3. Send early units to coast first to stop leaks, not middle.
  4. Add Construction Turrets as "Blitz", "Rocketeer", "Janus" mix builds up.
  5. Transition into Advanced Metal Extractor once T2 con is out.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 1008 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor2Mex
    • Wind Turbine1Wind
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 3 mex, 1 winddone ~0:45, middle half 0:35–8:32

    Some games also: Vehicle Plant (41%)

    By 0:28 in all: 2 mex · 1 wind

    The example game in this phase · 2 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:44 · typical 0:45
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: rocketeer (46%) · con bot (44%) · Lazarus (44%) · tick (41%) · centurion (37%)

    By 5:00 in all: 6 mex · 7 wind

    The example game in this phase · 34 steps
    1. Solar
    2. TickTick ×2
    3. PawnPawn
    4. LazarusLazarus ×2
    5. PawnPawn ×2
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. CenturionCenturion
    8. Construction BotCon bot
    9. Mex
    10. RocketeerRocketeer
    11. Con turret
    12. RocketeerRocketeer ×3
    13. Mex
    14. RocketeerRocketeer
    15. Mex
    16. LazarusLazarus
    17. SentrySentry
    18. Wind
    19. CenturionCenturion
    20. Wind
    21. BeamerBeamer ×2
    22. RocketeerRocketeer
    23. Wind
    24. BeamerBeamer
    25. RocketeerRocketeer
    26. Wind
    27. RocketeerRocketeer
    28. BeamerBeamer
    29. Wind
    30. RocketeerRocketeer
    31. Wind ×2
    32. BeamerBeamer
    33. RocketeerRocketeer
    34. Wind
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    Army
    • Sentry1 Sentry

    Some games also: energy storage (46%) · rocketeer (39%) · blitz (38%) · pawn (36%) · Lazarus (36%)

    By 10:00 in all: 7 mex · 25 wind · 1 energy storage · 3 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 219 steps
    1. Construction BotCon bot
    2. Wind
    3. LazarusLazarus
    4. Wind
    5. RocketeerRocketeer
    6. Construction BotCon bot
    7. TickTick
    8. Wind
    9. TickTick ×2
    10. Wind
    11. SentrySentry
    12. TickTick ×2
    13. Wind
    14. TickTick
    15. SentrySentry
    16. Wind
    17. TickTick ×3
    18. Con turret
    19. TickTick
    20. SentrySentry
    21. TickTick ×3
    22. SentrySentry
    23. TickTick
    24. Con turret
    25. TickTick ×2
    26. Mex
    27. PawnPawn
    28. Energy storage
    29. PawnPawn
    30. SentrySentry
    31. Energy storage
    32. PawnPawn
    33. SentrySentry
    34. Energy storage
    35. TickTick
    36. SentrySentry
    37. TickTick
    38. Con turret
    39. TickTick
    40. Mex
    41. TickTick
    42. Wind
    43. TickTick
    44. Wind ×2
    45. TickTick ×2
    46. Wind
    47. TickTick ×2
    48. Wind
    49. TickTick
    50. Wind
    51. TickTick
    52. Wind
    53. TickTick
    54. Wind
    55. TickTick ×6
    56. Sneaky PeteSneaky Pete
    57. TickTick ×3
    58. Wind
    59. TickTick
    60. Wind
    61. TickTick
    62. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:29
    63. TickTick
    64. Wind
    65. TickTick
    66. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    67. Wind
    68. SentrySentry
    69. Wind ×4
    70. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    71. Wind ×5
    72. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    73. Mex
    74. Bot LabBot Labdone 10:31
    75. PawnPawn ×3
    76. TickTick
    77. Construction BotCon bot
    78. PawnPawn ×3
    79. TickTick
    80. Construction BotCon bot
    81. PawnPawn ×3
    82. TickTick
    83. Construction BotCon bot
    84. PawnPawn ×2
    85. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    86. Con turret
    87. PawnPawn
    88. Con turret
    89. TickTick
    90. Con turret
    91. Construction BotCon bot
    92. Wind
    93. PawnPawn ×2
    94. Bot LabBot Labdone 11:47
    95. Wind
    96. PawnPawn
    97. TickTick
    98. Construction BotCon bot
    99. Wind
    100. PawnPawn ×7
    101. TickTick
    102. Construction BotCon bot
    103. PawnPawn ×7
    104. Wind
    105. PawnPawn
    106. TickTick
    107. Construction BotCon bot
    108. Converter
    109. PawnPawn
    110. ShroudShroud
    111. PawnPawn ×2
    112. Converter
    113. PawnPawn ×3
    114. Converter
    115. PawnPawn ×2
    116. TickTick
    117. Converter
    118. PawnPawn
    119. Construction BotCon bot
    120. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    121. PawnPawn
    122. Wind
    123. Converter
    124. PawnPawn ×5
    125. Converter
    126. PawnPawn
    127. TickTick
    128. Construction BotCon bot
    129. PawnPawn ×7
    130. TickTick
    131. Wind
    132. Construction BotCon bot
    133. PawnPawn
    134. Converter
    135. PawnPawn ×4
    136. Converter
    137. PawnPawn
    138. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    139. PawnPawn
    140. TickTick
    141. Converter
    142. Construction BotCon bot
    143. PawnPawn ×3
    144. Con turret
    145. PawnPawn
    146. Converter
    147. Wind
    148. PawnPawn
    149. Con turret
    150. Converter
    151. PawnPawn ×2
    152. TickTick
    153. Construction BotCon bot
    154. PawnPawn
    155. Con turret
    156. Converter
    157. PawnPawn ×3
    158. Con turret
    159. PawnPawn ×2
    160. Wind
    161. TickTick
    162. PawnPawn
    163. Converter
    164. Construction BotCon bot
    165. PawnPawn ×2
    166. Vehicle PlantVehicle Plantdone 13:44 · typical 0:48
    167. PawnPawn ×4
    168. Converter
    169. PawnPawn
    170. TickTick
    171. Advanced ExploiterAdvanced Exploiterdone 14:51
    172. StoutStout
    173. Construction BotCon bot
    174. PawnPawn
    175. Wind
    176. PawnPawn ×2
    177. StoutStout
    178. Wind
    179. PawnPawn
    180. Wind ×2
    181. PawnPawn
    182. Converter
    183. Wind ×3
    184. Energy storage
    185. StoutStout
    186. Wind
    187. PawnPawn
    188. Wind
    189. PawnPawn
    190. Wind
    191. Construction BotCon bot
    192. Converter
    193. Wind ×2
    194. PawnPawn ×2
    195. Wind
    196. StoutStout
    197. PawnPawn
    198. Wind ×2
    199. PawnPawn
    200. Wind
    201. PawnPawn
    202. Wind
    203. PawnPawn
    204. Energy storage
    205. Wind
    206. PawnPawn
    207. Construction BotCon bot
    208. StoutStout
    209. Wind
    210. Converter
    211. Wind ×2
    212. PawnPawn ×2
    213. Wind ×2
    214. PawnPawn ×2
    215. Wind
    216. PawnPawn
    217. StoutStout
    218. Wind ×2
    219. PawnPawn

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is [Grump]_Doni's (51 OS, 19/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:18 · in 68% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:18 · in 67% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k30k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

1155 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0033300
2:008482131
3:001625141105
4:002715542333
5:0038631200820
6:00507221121523
7:00631429862450
8:00763638633360
9:00907946824312
10:001067953355062
11:001258858215713
12:001481563776524
13:001741369857236
14:002016876198094
15:002266983748952
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

Standard Front play wins more often than suicide front and produces more metal by 15:00, reflecting its safer positioning.

  • + Metal produced reaches 22219 by 15:00, above suicide front's 19882
  • + Own losses of 8949 stay under enemy metal destroyed's near-equal 8347
  • − First unit lost by 1:44 shows exposure even from the safer side
  • − Wider gap to defend demands disciplined coast-then-mid unit movement
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

[Grump]_Doni

51.4 OS · 19/09/2026

Open source match ↗

6 received units · includes a constructor
1901 metal received · 109443 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:45Middle 50%: 0:35–8:32 · n=730
Vehicle Plant0:48Middle 50%: 0:37–0:58 · n=818
Advanced Metal Extractor8:54Middle 50%: 8:02–10:01 · n=923

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